Porsche Motorsport is celebrating a major milestone with the production of its 5,000th Cup 911 racing car based on the Porsche 911 model. The first Cup 911 was built in 1990 for the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland and it has since become one of the most widely produced racing vehicles in the world, with 34 Porsche-approved one-make cup series now contested globally.
The Cup 911 has evolved from a technology-based production model to a thoroughbred racing car, with the current Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (model series 992). The latest 911 GT3 Cup features a computer-aided safety cell, a sequential dog-box transmission with shift paddles on the steering wheel, a carbon-fiber body, and cockpit components, and a rear wing that can be adjusted in 11 positions.
